Vehicle-body.



R. STEPHENS.

VEHICLE BODY.

APPLICATION FILED FEBJI, 191a.

Patented A r. 21, 19m

2 SHEETS-SHEET l- R. STEPHENS.

VEHICLE BODY.

APPLICATION FILED 12111, 1913.

1,093,952. I Patented Apr. 21,1914,

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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VEHICLE-BODY.

T022 who/wit ntayconcemw Bezit known that 1-, R anion STEPHENS,

a citizen ofthe' United-States 'of A-merica,

and a resident of the boron hof the Bronx,

city, county-,. and'- State' of Jew, York, have invented "certain new/- and- ?juse' ful'; Improvements in-Velficle-Bodies, of which the following-is aispecificationm sand and the like I i such constructions:it: is very desirable, especi a*lly.=.1whe'n designed; for use in crowded city' streets, to provide,

for both side' and end; dif h having,

1 sufiicient-ly-great' angle of fiow-te crniit-the readymovementof theeontents o 1 the'bojdy,

both-from within the body'ioward' the discharge' outletand from the discharge outlet to the place of'deposit. Ini'nan'y instances the place of deposit is a considerable distancei from the discharge outlet, thus necessitating the elevating of the body, or some equivalentlmeans, in-orderto obtaina sufiiciently great angle of flow to causeithe content-s of the body .to easily traverse the space'intervening between thedischarge outlet 5 and the This is more difiicult of place of deposit. accomplishment in connection with-a side discharge than with an end discharge' 'On'e nieansof side discharge has been topr'ovidea hop er shaped body with the discharge at the si e; another means has been to tip the whole b'ody along one of its lower-longitudinal edges and to open up'th'e whole side-of the body as a discharge opening In the first instance much valuable space :is lost by reason of the shape of the body while infhe latter instance the whole load is discharged at onceand cannot bedischarged gradua 1y, as through the usual chute, because-the contents .of the body would lodge alon the lower side of the bodyif-a portion oi that side was closed toprovide for the chute dis charge. Bymy invention 1- have 1 provided a construction which combines the advantages of end discharge and side hopper discharge with proper angle of flow, without waste of space as in the hopper shaped construction and with the advanta e of'efiective side chute discharge suita lefor the handling of both anthracite and bituminous coal as well as other material.

. s ee'i fication ofL etters Patent.

struction, carryin Patented Apr. 21, 1914:,

Application and Tobi-nary 11,1913. Serial No. 747,660.

'In the following have described, in con-' nection with the "accompanying drawings, a

construction illustrating one way of practlsing the principles of my invention, the 6 ,features thereofv being more particularly pointed out hereinafter in the claims.

Inthedrawings, Figure l is a side eleva- =tion,-'parts being broken away andparts being shown in section, of an automobile truck f and body to which the principles of my invention have been applied and Fig. 2 is a rear end-elevation ot the same, parts being broken 'away;

Similarlettersfof reit'erence indicate simi 1 lat parts throughout the several views.

1-; The reference letter a indicates anautoinob'ile truck of any suitable design and cona framework 6 of suitable materiaL -pre erably. iron or heavy tim 5 bers, at the rear end of which is a base a of heavy construction. a

- d indicates the vehicle body of the ordinary flatbottom, rectangular construction having its sides and ends erected at right 1 angles to the bottom in the well-known manner-;-the body (I is shown as pivot-ally mounted on base c-b'y means of a hinge connection e of any suitable-construction. In the form shown the bottom of the' body is provided 1 with a rearward extension f having guides 9,9, at each side and the pivotal point is at the extreme end of said extension f. This particular form of construction is however not essential.

The body d is adapted to be elevated on hinge e resting on base 0 as a fulcrum by means of a train of gears h, h, h actuated by-ratchet i in turn controlled by a suitable hand operated crank (not shown) in the usual manner. Chain j fast at one end to the lower end of foldin leg it passes over idler l, thence over idler l to drum m on gear h to which drum the other end of chain is fast. Le k is pivoted at n to the bottom of body and is held against too great outward swing by chain 7" fast to the bottom of body d as shown. Leg k carries idler or roller Z at its free end, said roller Z acting as a rolling su port for leg until the body has been evated sufliciently to break the contact between leg 70 and framework 6.

The means described for elevating the body at is not essential to my inventionas any other suitable means may be substituted therefor.

The rear end of the bottom of body d is shown as provided with a sliding panel 0, preferably extendin entirely across the bottom from side to side thereof and Supported in such manner that its upper surface will be flush with the bottom of the body. As shown the slidin panel 0 is supported and "aided by angle irons p, p, carried by said )ottom.

q is a be per suitably supported beneath anel 0 an preferably arran ed at such an angle thereto that, when the body d is elevated, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, the hopper will stand at right angles to the frame of the truck'so as to readily discharge into the usual removable chute (not shown) suitably supported in the usual way beneath the discharge end of the hopper. The bottom of the hopper preferably slopes u wardly and inwardly as shown in Fig. 2, the angle of the slope bein such as to provide a suitable angle of ilow or the contents of the body. The base 0 is shown as of such shape as to permit the hopper g to have clearance when the body is seated upon the truck.

The rear end (1' of the body (I is hinged at the top so that the whole end of the body may be opened by an upward swing for quick rear end discharge. When in closed position the swin ing or him ed end 11' is told by suitable 0 amps 1', r. a aid rear end I is )rovidcd with a slidin door a controlle by a lever t to which it is connected by a link u; this construction rovides for the use of the usual removable chute (not shown) which may be suitably supported in the usual manner beneath door a. The uides r g act to idc the contents of the iody when the disc large is affected by openin" the sliding door a as described.

t is clear that, b the construction described, I have )l0Vl( ed a body having both a rear end quicl c discharge, a rear end chute discharge and a side chute discharge and that by pivoting the body at the end of the bottom of the body I get the cutest ossible angle of elevation of thc ody. urthcrmorc, by the arrangmcnt of sliding mncl at the rear end of the bottom of the ody in conjunction with its coiiperating hopper, the contents of the body may be entirely discharged into said hopper and thence through the removable chute to the place of do )osit. By such last named arrangement also obtain the greatest possible angle of elevation for the side chute discharge.

I do not restrict myself to any of the details shown and described further than the sco e of the appended claims demand.

hat I clann and desire to secure by Letters Patent is;

1. A vehicle body, means for elevating one end thereof, a sup )ort at the other end thereof to which said body is pivoted, an opening in the bottom of the body adjacent the pivoted end, means for closing said opening and a hopper beneath said opening, said hopper sloping upwardly and inwardly from one side of the body toward the other side thereof.

.2. A vehicle body, means for elevating one end thereof, a support for the other end thereof to which said body is pivoted, a sliding anel extending transversely of the body in he bottom thereof adjacent the pivoted end and a hopper beneath said panel said hopper sloping upwardly and inwardly from one side of the body to the other and extending the entire length of said panel.

3. A vehicle body, incans for elevating one end thereof. a support for the other end thereof to which said body is pivoted. means for discharging the contents of said body at said pivoted end in a direction parallel to the length of the body, an opening in the bottom of the body transversely of the body adjacent said pivoted end, means for closing said opening and a hopper beneath said opening, said hopper sloping upwardly and inwardly from one side of the )ody toward the other side thereof.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

RODERICK STEPHENS.

Witnesses:

Annxanunn J 011:: Fnasau,

LOUIS II. Srmcn.

Copies 0! this patent may be obtained (or an cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Wuhington, D. 0." 

